Cucina

1 George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1AD

Award winning Italian restaurant in one of the city's finest luxury hotels. Many a Scottish Italian restaurant tends to trot out the same old pasta and pizza dishes. Here they can indeed conjure up a mean bowl of pasta, but also more interesting dishes like pork belly in porchetta with caramelised apple or guinea fowl stuffed with mushroom, savoy cabbage and carrot puree. The also stock a superb variety of wines from all over Italy as well as the option of a glass of matched wine to go with each of your courses. As you would expect from a restaurant in one of the city's most stylish luxury hotels (G & V Royal Mile Hotel) smartly dressed waiters patrol a slick, modern dining room. The booths at the back at the best seats in the house but book ahead for these.